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You might try turning SR off, then back on again and see if that helps. Normally that would delete any SR points, but you currently have none anyway. Let us know if none of this helps and we can look into services settings. A Guy

We may want to use the manufacturers repair tool if they have one, but you can use Seagate's Seatools for Windows on any drive. With the Seagate tool, you'd want to run the Short DST and Long DST tests.

Not able to create system restore points

Cannot create System Restore PointsSystem: Sony Laptop VAIO VGN-Z790DLX, 1 TB HGST HDD, Windows 7 Pro., 4 GB Ram, HDMI Monitor, BD Optical Disk.
An internet search indicates that this is quite a common problem. If one does not want to read all of this same-old same-old, scroll down to my three choices at the bottom of the post.
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Backup and Restore

Seeking program to create system restore pointsThe process for creating system restore points in Win7 seems unnecessarily convoluted to me and, as a result, I don't create them as often as I should; I'd like to just click on an icon to create one. I've found some apps for doing just that, but they're all on somewhat sketchy looking sites. Can...

Backup and Restore

System Restore Error, Unable to Create Restore PointsHello everyone, not sure why but I get an error every time I open the System Restore. I rarely have to use a restore point as I regularly maintain my computer and check for viruses and malware, but I would like to have the option just in case. When I open System Properties, and click the System...

Backup and Restore

Task Schedule : Manually create system restore pointsI would like to know how to manually create system restore points with Task Scheduler.
There was a task automatically created last year, and I only noticed now that it's been having an error of (0x1).
I do not have problems with system restore not running or anything like that, but I would...

Backup and Restore

Auto-Create System Restore PointsI have now added a Method Two to this tutorial at the link below to show the steps to use the Windows Task Scheduler to automatically create System Restore points, once the task is created there is nothing further to do, there will always be daily, fresh System Restore points to use if needed, even...